Four of the Purdue Bands jazz groups will perform at 8 tonight at Loeb Playhouse for the Super Jazz Jam. The students chose the pieces they wanted to play for the concert.

The group's Super Jazz Jam hits Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center at Purdue at 8 p.m. Friday. But unlike many other band concerts that have a theme, Jazz Director Mo Trout said, the students selected the pieces they have wanted to perform this time.

The Lab Jazz Band, American Music Repertory Ensemble, Concert Jazz Band and Purdue Jazz Band will perform, playing challenging pieces by Sammy Nestico, Nat King Cole and the currently popular Gordon Goodwin. The concert will even include Natalie Cole's "Orange Colored Sky" and a Gordon arrangement from "Beauty and the Beast."

Trout said it will be obvious the students love what they're doing, and that will leave the audience jamming too.

"It's just fun to see the students really getting into the music," he said.

When: 8 p.m. Friday

Where: Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center

How much: Free

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Students take lead at Purdue Jazz Jam

Purdue Band's Super Jazz Jam hits Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center at Purdue at 8 tonight. But unlike many other band concerts that have a theme, Jazz Director Mo Trout said, the students selected